Jason Brubaker began his career as an artist in 1996 where he drew hundreds of commercial storyboards for film and television. Some of his credits include Blade, Pitch Black and Van Helsing. In 2002, Brubaker began working as a traditional animator for motion design studios in Los Angeles and New York and was soon art directing animated commercials. In 2009, he began working as a Visual Development Artist at Dreamworks Animation on the Kung Fu Panda trilogy as well as many other animated movies.